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In 2015 pharmacies in England delivered over 17,300 chlamydia screenings.¹

Community Pharmacy sexual health services in Warwickshire are designed to improve access to key treatments including emergency hormonal contraception and treatment for chlamydia infection. Providers of sexual health services also encourage clients to access mainstream contraceptive services and provide education on available contraception and the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases.

All services are conducted face to face in the pharmacy and allow an opportunity for the pharmacist to advise the patient in a confidential, non-judgemental and easily accessible environment.

Additional support and commonly asked questions.

How do I become accredited to provide EHC services in Warwickshire?

Now that I am accredited, can I deliver the service in all pharmacies in Warwickshire?

If I am accredited to provide the scheme in Warwickshire can I provide it for other Local Authorities?

I am already accredited to provide the scheme in another Local Authority can I provide it in Warwickshire?

I have a safeguarding concern, what should I do?

How does the Coronavirus crisis impact this service?

How do I become accredited to provide EHC services in Warwickshire?

To provide these services in Warwickshire you must complete a declaration of competence on PharmOctcomes as per the SLA on page 3. You will need to complete the following learning:

To maintain competence it is recommended that you keep a record of your profession development and renew your assessments every 3 years.

Where the learning programme provides pharmacists with an assessment or record of completion this must be kept by the pharmacist and uploaded via the JETS Portal.

Multiples will need to contact their Head Office for this process.

You should read and sign the PGDs (downloadable from the JETS portal – sign and upload back to the portal.

There are versions downloadable from the LPC website in the download and documents section.

Now that I am accredited, can I deliver the service in all pharmacies in Warwickshire?

No. You can only deliver the service in pharmacies who have signed the SLA.If you are in a pharmacy which has not signed the SLA you should signpost the young person to the nearest pharmacy providing the service

If I am accredited to provide the scheme in Warwickshire can I provide it for other Local Authorities?

No. You will need to check the requirements of the local scheme with the local authority in which you would like to offer the scheme. You should look at the relevant LPC website and contact the Local Authority. You will need to make yourself familiar with the local scheme, SLA and PGDs.

I am already accredited to provide the scheme in another Local Authority can I provide it in Warwickshire?

You must read and sign the Warwickshire PGDs and have completed all the CPPE learning for the relevant services you wish to provide. You should contact Etty Martin with your declaration of competence.

I have a safeguarding concern, what should I do?

If you have a safe guarding concern you must contact the safeguarding team. Information is supplied on the LPC website: Warwickshire Safeguarding You must not assume that someone else will report the incident. Safeguarding young people and vulnerable adults is everyone’s responsibility. Anyone under 13 cannot consent to sexual intercourse and safeguarding must be informed.

How does the Coronavirus crisis impact this service?

Please find below the information we received from the commissioner:

The main ISH contract has moved to a telephone triage and ‘click and collect’ model as of Monday 23rd March for both screening and contraception in line with the most up to date guidelines, accepting that these can and are changing all the time.

With regards to those pharmacies contracted by WCC to provide EHC and Chlamydia screening we are happy for them also to move to a telephone support/triage and ‘click and collect’ model, although where absolutely necessary we would hope that delivery of medication would also be provided.